Watson v. Watson

NATURE OF CASE

This case involves interstate jurisdictional questions governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 43-1226 to 43-1266 (Reissue 2004). In 2002, the district court for Sarpy County, Nebraska, dissolved the marriage of Jill C. Watson (now known as Jill C. Day) and Robert W. Watson and awarded custody of the parties’ children to Jill, subject to Robert’s visitation rights. With the court’s permission, Jill later moved with the children to Maryland.

In the case at bar, Robert filed a motion for contempt in the district court,…